Living English (7): Come to Lunch
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Living English is a 42-part series that looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people. 
 Come to lunch
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SARAH invites ANNE to meet her family.
SARAH and ANNE taste a sample of wine.
ANNE Mmm. It’s very smooth. Good flavour too.
SARAH It sells well in restaurants here. I think these’ll sell well in Singapore.
ANNE The samples you sent me were very popular with our staff. You seem to understand
our tastes in Singapore.
SARAH Thankyou. It’s my job to know what my clients like.
ANNE seems distracted. SARAH observes her for a moment.
SARAH So, are you enjoying the city?
ANNE (unconvincingly)
It’s very nice.
SARAH What are you going to do tomorrow?
ANNE I don’t know. I’ll probably stay in the hotel and relax.
SARAH Why don’t you come to lunch with us at home?
ANNE Oh thankyou, but you have your family.
SARAH Yes, and they want to meet you. We’re going to have roast chicken – traditional
Aussie food.
ANNE Sounds good. Alright, I’ll come.
SARAH Great.
ANNE What time?
SARAH We eat at about one-o-clock. So about twelve-thirty? I’ll show you the house.
ANNE Okay. Thankyou
SARAH I’ll get my brother to pick you up.
ANNE No that’s okay. I’ll get a taxi.
SARAH Alright then. That’s settled!
Vocabulary :
smooth (adj): not rough on the surface; not bumpy (We had a smooth ride)
flavor (n): (Brit flavour) taste
taste (n): (no plural) one of the senses; the ability to feel or recognize something in your mouth
distract (v): take your mind off what you are doing
observe (v): watch carefully
roast (n): a large piece of roasted meat
unconvincingly (adv): In an unconvincing manner (he argued unconvincingly).
Episode Note
1. Going To (Practice)
2. Will (Practice)
3.Suggestions (Practice)
4. Days
5. Prepositions of Time (Practice)

Living English (6): He Didn't Write
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Living English is a 42-part series that looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people. 
 Episode 6: He Didn't Write

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ANNE My brother, David, worked in the family business too. But he didn’t like it. He wanted to
try something different.
JOHN So what happened?
ANNE My parents agreed. They let him come to Australia to study.
JOHN Where did he go?
ANNE He came here, to Adelaide. He studied computer science. We thought he was happy.
JOHN And then what happened?
ANNE I don’t know. He wrote every week, and then the letters stopped.
JOHN Do you know where he lived?
ANNE He stayed with an Australian family. He was a boarder. Here’s the address.
She passes JOHN a piece of paper.
JOHN Did you phone them?
ANNE Yes, of course. He left there a year ago. They don’t know where he went.
JOHN Does he have a mobile phone?
ANNE I don’t know. He did, but he doesn’t answer it now.
JOHN Don’t worry Ms Lee. I’ll find your brother. I’m on the case.
He shakes her hand and she leaves. JOHN looks at the photo. Now he looks worried.

Vocabulary :
agree (v): think that an opinion or plan is correct
boarder (n): a person staying at a boarding house
case (n): the way things are. E.g: If that is the case, maybe I was wrong.

Episode Note
1. The Past Tense (Practice)
2. Regular Verbs
3. Verbs ending in 'Y' (Practice)
4. Irregular Verbs (Practice)
5. Questions in the Past Tense (Practice)
6. Questions using WHAT and WHERE